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Steve Reich, Stanford, Ravel

A specially curated mixtape including music by Ravel, Mendelssohn and Stanford, as well as Bach arranged for the mandolin and Steve Reich's hypnotic Electric Counterpoint.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos CHSA 5161.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Vołosi

    Tsavkisi

    • UZF Records.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 12 in E flat major, 'Hommage à Schubert' (15 Improvisations)

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Troisième partie (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Ensemble: Ensemble Aedes. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 18-19.

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  • Mon 23 Oct 201719:00

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